I didn't think it was too much to ask to have 2 winning days in a row. It might have been so, if I had played just a short session on 2nd Jan.
I had registered a small gain after just a few minutes of play, then I put in another short burst where I trebled my small win. However, those were just snatches of play. When I played a "proper" session in the late evening, I quickly knocked a big hole in my bankroll. I need to look at the hands to see if there was any pattern, but the result was I lost several all-in pots.
According to the rule of "not chasing losses" I perhaps should have called an end to proceedings then, but I persevered and held my ground for a long period without making any upwards progress.
The big winning pots never really came, and I reached the "time stop" where I didn't want to play on any further. I won a pot with what I thought might be my last hand. Then I was dealt Aces. I had been flat-calling with most hands (including Aces), but in this case I re-raised the pot hoping to finish on a highlight.
Oh dear. The flop wasn't great -- KT4 (all hearts) -- but we were heads-up .... I bet the pot and was called.
The turn was a complete blank and I decided his flop call was a sign of weakness and moved all-in. He called and I was rather surprised to see he had raised and called a pre-flop re-raise with KT54 and then called two large bets with 2 pair on a mono-suit flop. I guess he's not as tight as I had him labelled.
I had outs if the board paired. The board paired. Unfortunately it paired the King and gave him a house.
It was definitely time to call an end to hostilities. That was a VERY bad session.
Silver linings ? Not many. Perhaps it is good to get a reminder of how treacherous the swings can be, especially when combined with a bit of tilt .... Well, I knew that already so I didn't really need to pay to find out.
Still, 363 days left to fix it.
1 comment:
If it left a huge hole in your bankroll, are you playing at the right levels? You play from .50-.1 to 3-6 which I think is bonkers. For what you normally play you should have 35 buy-ins. When above this level it's good to have 5 buy-in shots at higher levels but no more than that.
The thing about aces in Omaha is it's not hard to tell when someone is potting preflop - often players will call with anything because if they flop two pair there is a very good chance they will stack their opponent as a lot of weaker players can't let go of them if they only have one pair. I learned this the hard way :)
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